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Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage IB, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer That Was Removed By Surgery

A Phase III Randomized Trial of Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab for Patients With Completely Resected Stage IB (≥ 4 cm) - IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00324805
Enrollment
1501
Registered
2006-05-11
Start date
2007-07-19
Completion date
2025-01-31
Last updated
2026-06-23

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Stage IB Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IIA Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IIB Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma AJCC v7, Stage IIIA Lung Non-Small Cell Cancer AJCC v7

Brief summary

This randomized phase III trial studies chemotherapy and bevacizumab to see how well they work compared to chemotherapy alone in treating patients with stage IB, stage II, or stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer that was removed by surgery. Drugs used in chemotherapy work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells. Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Bevacizumab also may stop the growth of non-small cell lung cancer by blocking the growth of new blood vessels necessary for tumor growth. It is not yet known whether chemotherapy is more effective with or without bevacizumab in treating non-small cell lung cancer.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate overall survival with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab used in the adjuvant setting in patients with resected stage IB (\>= 4 cm) - IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate disease-free survival and toxicity with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab used in the adjuvant setting in patients with resected stage IB (\>= 4 cm) - IIIA NSCLC. CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVES: I. To perform analyses of tissue and blood to establish factors that predict clinical outcome in patients receiving chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, for resected early stage NSCLC. II. To determine whether smoking status is linked to outcome for patients with resected stage IB (\>= 4 cm) - IIIA NSCLC treated with chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in the adjuvant setting. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM I (adjuvant chemotherapy without bevacizumab): Patients receive 1 of 4 chemotherapy regimens. REGIMEN 1: Patients receive vinorelbine ditartrate intravenously (IV) over 10 minutes on days 1 and 8 and cisplatin IV over 60 minutes on day 1 immediately following vinorelbine ditartrate administration. REGIMEN 2: Patients receive docetaxel IV over 1 hour on day 1 and cisplatin over 1 hour on day 1 immediately following docetaxel administration. REGIMEN 3: Patients receive gemcitabine hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8 and cisplatin IV over 60 minutes on day 1 immediately following gemcitabine administration. REGIMEN 4 (non-squamous histology only): Patients receive pemetrexed disodium IV over 10 minutes and cisplatin IV over 1 hour on day 1 immediately following pemetrexed disodium administration. In all regimens, treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II (adjuvant chemotherapy with bevacizumab): Patients receive chemotherapy as in Arm I. Patients also receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Treatment with bevacizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 1 year. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 10 years.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALBevacizumab

Given IV

DRUGCisplatin

Given IV

DRUGDocetaxel

Given IV

DRUGGemcitabine Hydrochloride

Given IV

OTHERLaboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

DRUGPemetrexed Disodium

Given IV

OTHERQuestionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

DRUGVinorelbine Tartrate

Given IV

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH
Cancer and Leukemia Group B
CollaboratorNETWORK
NCIC Clinical Trials Group
CollaboratorNETWORK
North Central Cancer Treatment Group
CollaboratorNETWORK
SWOG Cancer Research Network
CollaboratorNETWORK

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* In order to be eligible for this trial, patients must have undergone complete resection of their non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) \[stage IB (\>= 4 cm)\] - \[IIIA (T2-3N0, T1-3N1, T1-3N2\] prior to enrollment; accepted types of resection will consist of lobectomy, sleeve lobectomy, bi-lobectomy or pneumonectomy; resections by segmentectomy or wedge resection will not be accepted; mediastinal lymph node sampling at specified levels is required pre-operatively (mediastinoscopy) or intraoperatively (level 7 and 4 for right sided tumors or level 7 and 5 and/or 6 for left sided tumors) * Patients must be no less than 6 weeks (42 days) and no more than 12 weeks (84 days) post-thoracotomy at the time of randomization and must be adequately recovered from surgery * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0 or 1 * Patients must not have received the following: * Prior systemic chemotherapy at any time; methotrexate (MTX) given in low doses for non-malignant conditions with last dose at least 2 weeks prior to date of registration will be allowed; other low dose chemotherapeutics for non-malignant conditions will be considered, but review by the study chair is required * Hormonal cancer therapy or radiation therapy as prior cancer treatment within 5 years of randomization; (prior surgery, biologic therapy, hormonal therapy, or radiation therapy for a malignancy over 5 years prior to enrollment that is now considered cured is acceptable) * Patients must not have any history of cancer within 5 years from randomization, with the exception of in-situ carcinoma of the cervix or completely resected non-melanoma skin cancer * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>= 1500 mm\^3 * Platelets \>= 100,000/mm\^3 * Prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (INR) =\< 1.5 * Or, if patient is on therapeutic anticoagulation, prothrombin time/INR =\< 3.0 * Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) =\< institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) OR, if patient is on therapeutic anticoagulation, PTT must be =\< 1.5 x ULN * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 mg/dL * Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\]) \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase \[ALT\]) \< 5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) * Serum creatinine =\< 1.5 x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) * Urine protein should be screened by urine analysis for urine protein creatinine (UPC) ratio; for UPC ratio \> 0.5, 24-hour urine protein must be obtained and the level must be \< 1000 mg (1 g) for patient enrollment * Patients with a known history of myocardial infarction or other evidence of arterial thrombotic disease (angina) will be allowed on study only if they have had no evidence of active disease for at least 12 months prior to randomization * Patients with any history of cerebral vascular accident (CVA) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) will not be allowed on trial * Women must not be pregnant or breast-feeding * All females of childbearing potential must have a blood or urine test within 2 weeks prior to randomization to rule out pregnancy * Both fertile men and women must agree to use adequate contraceptive measures during study treatment and for at least 6 months after completion of bevacizumab * Patients must not have any clinically significant ongoing, active or serious infection, symptomatic or uncontrolled congestive heart failure, symptomatic or uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia or any other medical condition or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * Patients must have no history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy * All patients must have a documented blood pressure (BP) with systolic =\< 150 and diastolic =\< 90 within 28 days of registration; patients with known hypertension must be on a stable regimen of anti-hypertensive therapy * Patients receiving daily treatment with aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDS) are eligible; treatment with dipyridamole (Persantine), ticlopine (Ticlid), clopidogrel (Plavix) and/or cilostazol (Pletal) is not allowed; patients must have stopped taking any of these agents at least 7 days prior to randomization * Patients must not have serious non-healing wound, ulcer, bone fracture, or have undergone a major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to randomization OR core biopsy within 7 days prior to randomization * Patients must not have a history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation or intra-abdominal abscess within 28 days prior to randomization * Patients must not have any anticipated major surgical procedure(s) during the course of the study * Patients must not have known hypersensitivity to Chinese hamster ovary cell products or other recombinant human antibodies * Patients may be on a stable regimen of therapeutic anticoagulation or may be receiving prophylactic anticoagulation of venous access devices, provided that coagulation studies meet entry criteria above; caution must be exercised for patients requiring anticoagulation, including treatment with low dose heparin or low molecular weight heparin for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis while on study * Patients with ongoing post-operative hemoptysis (defined as bright red blood of 1/2 teaspoon or more) are not eligible; patients with pre-operative hemoptysis that has resolved post-operatively are eligible * Patients who will receive pemetrexed (pemetrexed disodium)/cisplatin therapy must also meet the following criteria: * Patients assigned to pemetrexed/cisplatin therapy must NOT have squamous cell histology * Calculated creatinine clearance must be obtained within 2 weeks of randomization and calculated creatinine clearance (CrCl) must be \>= 45 mL/min using the standard Cockcroft and Gault formula, or the measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using the appropriate radiolabeled method (\[51\]chromium-labeled ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid \[51-CrEDTA\] or technetium 99m diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid \[Tc99m-DTPA\]) must be used to calculate CrCl

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall SurvivalFrom registration to death, up to 10 yearsOverall survival (OS) was defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause, and patients who were thought to be alive at the time of final analysis were censored at the last date of contact. The study failed to meet its primary endpoint.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disease-free SurvivalFrom registration to death, up to 10 yearsDisease-free survival (DFS) was defined as the time from randomization to an event. Events include disease recurrence, new primary of lung cancer, second primaries or death, whichever occurred first; however, it should be noted that patients with new primaries at other non-lung sites should have continued followup for recurrence of the original cancer. Patients that have not had an event reported at analysis were censored at their last date of disease assessment.

Countries

Canada, Ireland, Peru, South Africa, United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHeather A Wakelee

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Patients were recruited between June 1, 2007 and September 20, 2013 from ECOG-ACRIN, SWOG, RTOG, CALGB, NCCTG, NCIC-CTG, NSABP, ACOSOG, and CTSU sites.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm I (Chemotherapy)
Patients receive one of the following. For all, treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. REGIMEN 1: Vinorelbine ditartrate 30 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 8, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV over 60 minutes on day 1 REGIMEN 2: Docetaxel 75 mg/m2 IV and cisplastin 75 mg/m2 IV on day 1 REGIMEN 3: Gemcitabine hydrochloride 1200 mg/m2 IV on days 1 and 8, cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV on day 1 REGIMEN 4 (non-squamous histology only): Pemetrexed disodium 500mg/m2 IV and cisplatin 75 mg/m2 IV on day 1 Cisplatin: Given IV Docetaxel: Given IV Gemcitabine Hydrochloride: Given IV Pemetrexed Disodium: Given IV Vinorelbine: Given IV
749
Arm II (Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab)
Patients receive chemotherapy as in Arm I. Patients also receive bevacizumab IV over 30-90 minutes on day 1. Treatment with bevacizumab repeats every 21 days for up to 1 year. Bevacizumab: Given IV Cisplatin: Given IV Docetaxel: Given IV Gemcitabine Hydrochloride: Given IV Pemetrexed Disodium: Given IV Vinorelbine: Given IV
752
Total1,501

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm II (Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab)TotalArm I (Chemotherapy)
Age, Continuous60.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.7
60.8 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.8
60.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin/Docetaxel
171 Participants343 Participants172 Participants
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin/Gemcitabine
141 Participants283 Participants142 Participants
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin/Pemetrexed
249 Participants497 Participants248 Participants
Chemotherapy
Cisplatin/Vinorelbine
190 Participants377 Participants187 Participants
Chemotherapy
Unknown/Missing
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
29 Participants48 Participants19 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
688 Participants1368 Participants680 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
35 Participants85 Participants50 Participants
Histology
Adenocarcinoma
450 Participants874 Participants424 Participants
Histology
Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC)
5 Participants13 Participants8 Participants
Histology
Combined/mixed
48 Participants93 Participants45 Participants
Histology
Large cell
16 Participants38 Participants22 Participants
Histology
Not otherwise specified (NOS)
16 Participants40 Participants24 Participants
Histology
Other
10 Participants20 Participants10 Participants
Histology
Squamous
206 Participants422 Participants216 Participants
Histology
Unknown/missing
1 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Performance Status
Ambulatory
310 Participants620 Participants310 Participants
Performance Status
Fully active
440 Participants879 Participants439 Participants
Performance Status
Unknown/missing
2 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
5 Participants6 Participants1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
16 Participants38 Participants22 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
57 Participants131 Participants74 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
2 Participants5 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
12 Participants19 Participants7 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
660 Participants1302 Participants642 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
381 Participants755 Participants374 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
371 Participants746 Participants375 Participants
Urine protein100.25 mg/dL
STANDARD_DEVIATION 32.28
97.79 mg/dL
STANDARD_DEVIATION 41.86
95.26 mg/dL
STANDARD_DEVIATION 32.28
Urine protein:creatinine (UPC) ratio0.18 ratio
STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.92
0.25 ratio
STANDARD_DEVIATION 2.28
0.31 ratio
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.1

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
other
Total, other adverse events
474 / 738509 / 735
serious
Total, serious adverse events
424 / 738563 / 735

Outcome results

Primary

Overall Survival

Overall survival (OS) was defined as the time from randomization to death from any cause, and patients who were thought to be alive at the time of final analysis were censored at the last date of contact. The study failed to meet its primary endpoint.

Time frame: From registration to death, up to 10 years

Population: All enrolled patients

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm I (Chemotherapy)Overall SurvivalNA months
Arm II (Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab)Overall Survival85.8 months
p-value: 0.995% CI: [0.82, 1.19]Regression, Cox
Secondary

Disease-free Survival

Disease-free survival (DFS) was defined as the time from randomization to an event. Events include disease recurrence, new primary of lung cancer, second primaries or death, whichever occurred first; however, it should be noted that patients with new primaries at other non-lung sites should have continued followup for recurrence of the original cancer. Patients that have not had an event reported at analysis were censored at their last date of disease assessment.

Time frame: From registration to death, up to 10 years

Population: All enrolled patients

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm I (Chemotherapy)Disease-free Survival42.9 months
Arm II (Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab)Disease-free Survival40.6 months
p-value: 0.9595% CI: [0.86, 1.15]Regression, Cox
Other Pre-specified

Perform Analyses of Tissue and Blood to Establish Factors That Predict for Clinical Outcome in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy, With or Without Bevacizumab, for Resected Early Stage NSCLC.

Time frame: From registration to death, up to 10 years

Population: Data for these studies were not collected

Other Pre-specified

To Determine Whether Smoking Status is Linked to Outcome for Patients With Resected Stage IB - IIIA NSCLC Treated With Chemotherapy With or Without Bevacizumab in the Adjuvant Setting.

Time frame: From registration to death, up to 10 years

Population: Data were not collected

Other Pre-specified

Toxicity Rates as Assessed by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events Version 4.0

If the difference in the rate of a particular category of toxicities between the 2 arms (N=750 per arm) is at least 5% (4% vs. 9%), 96% power can be attained assuming a significance level of 5% (two-sided Chi Square test) and that the lower toxicity rate for one arm is 4%. A difference in the rates of grade 3-5 arterial thromboembolic events and bleeding events will be monitored and assessed between the treatment arms.

Time frame: Up to 1 year post-treatment

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 24, 2026